...And the Answer Is

From 
our latest 
'where in east Carmel' question....the Tidewater Club sits just north of 116th 
Street in the middle of the Waterstone development between Bayhill, Stonewick and Windpointe. Brookfield, also a part of Waterstone is just to the north and east of the Clubhouse and dual pools.  Residents of these neighborhoods can lease the facilities for private events and the pools are rarely empty at this time of the year.  We'll have another picture tease from next week in east Carmel!

Catch and Release

While it's unlikely he's looking for dinner, this Chapman's Claim resident certainly has the right formula for releasing the stress of the day.  Enjoying the quiet of an early summer morning can have that affect. This small lake sits just off of the main drive to Prairie View and has been known for a voracious Blue Gill or two.  This is certainly a better mental image than walking out of our east Carmel homes last February 3rd as the ice storm hit.  Could you possibly have enjoyed this scene as much without the contrast of three inches of ice on your front drive just 133 days ago?  Oh....and we were just kidding abou the Nemo sighting. 
Greg Cooper, east Carmel Indiana 46033 homes for sale, real estate blog

East Carmel Housing Blog 6.14

Picking Up Steam.
Eleven properties went under contract last week in east Carmel including this one we sold in The Lakes At Hazel Dell. Of note this home has a fantastic backyard that opens to a large common area bordered in the rear by Brookfield.  Other properties entering pending sale status include multiple homes in Carolina Commons, another property in the Lakes At Hazel Dell, Williamson Run, Foster Estates, Brookshire, Woodland Springs, Briar Lane Estates and Haverstick.  These properties will all have to pass through inspections and appraisals prior to closing later this summer. 

The average listing price of the homes that went under contract last week was $357,500 with the average days on the market to pending status being 71.  There are 294 homes on the market in east Carmel with 216 currently under contract or having closed to date in 2011.  On 6/14/2010 there were 231 homes sold but given the heavy push the market received from the home buyer credit in Q1 of 2010, the market is still quite active. 

Multiple homes came on the market last week in Stonewick (3), Haverstick, the Townhomes at Hazel Dell, The Terrace at Mohawk Crossing (all 2).  Individual properties are now available in Eden Estates, Stafford Place, Sycamore Farm, Plum Creek Ridge,  Foster Grove, Cherry Creek Estates, Plum Creek Farms, Brookshire Village, Plum Creek North, Briar Lane Estates and Northwood Hills. 

For the full detailed multiple listing information for any or all of these homes just email us for the East Carmel Housing Hotsheet at eastofkeystone@gmail.com.

Carmel Marathon Championship is ON



Start Finish....moments before the gun. 





In the paddock....almost ready to begin.





Mayor Brainard leads everyone in the national anthem.





New York Athletic Club members loosen up pre race.





Timing Vehicles ready.





Finisher awards in place.



Deeper meaning for some.



Needed constantly.





USA Track offering pre race support



Chase and support teams are ready!





The first 100 yards.



Cool Creek residents Rick (yellow) and Mary (blue) Giesel....way to go!



East Past the City Center



Go @BgKahuna! (Nice Pants)





Bayhill check point.



Eastbound on 126th from Gray Road.



Getting LOTS of support from the gallery.



Heading east on 126th towards Clay Middle School





Fox - worthy

Undeterred with nearby traffic this red fox peers across a field on east Main Street near Hawthorne Drive Tuesday afternoon.  Red fox have been a frequent sight in east Carmel for a number of years and in some cases have gotten pretty comfortable with their human neighbors.  They rarely get too close to people but we'd still recommend keeping an eye on your small pets with these guys around.  Harmful or not it's still always a bit of a surprise when you look up and one of them is standing a short distance away.  (Feel free to insert the obligatory Megan Fox, Redd Foxx, Jeff Foxworthy or John Fox one liner here).

You Can't Drive 55

While it's only Monday, consider this a friendly reminder that this coming weekend will be a busy one across east Carmel and the Arts & Design District.  The Carmel Marathon Championship Weekend will be in full swing Saturday morning and yes, there will be street delays in east Carmel as well.  We'll post the exact course maps here by Friday and give you some times to be aware of for Saturday morning as far as when to expect some extra travel caution.  Not all of the road racing events will stretch beyond noon in east Carmel so we'll give you a summary by week's end as to when the busiest times will be east of Keystone Parkway. 

Bored Already?

Hard to believe school has been out just a week and we already have mischief taking place in east Carmel.  Several incidents of things being taken from cars and neighborhood entrance markers being vandalized have occurred in the past week along the 126th street corridor east of Keystone Parkway.  Summer always tends to accelerate this type of behavior and while it's probably unfair to pin this on kids, taking a GPS navigator from an unlocked vehicle is hardly the work of a career criminal.  It's certainly annoying, a bit costly and a good reason for us all to keep our eyes open.  If we can save our neighbor a headache by keeping their personal property safe it obviously makes things better for all of us. 



New Featured Home - 5772 Killdeer

With a kitchen like this and other great amenities, our friends in the Trails At Avian Glen likely will have new neighbors very soon.  You can see the full walk along and visual tours of this home in our Featured Homes section on the right sidebar here at EastOfKeystone.com.  It will be held open for public viewing SUNDAY 6.5 from 3-5 P.M.  Be sure to stop in and say hello!

Trashed

For some time now there have been 
broad 
discussions and at least modest legislative attempts to get Carmel on a city wide trash and recycling program.  That effort appears to those of us on the outside to be stalled or at least making only glacier like progress.  We were surprised to learn about the number of negative comments about this potential program that have been shared by citizens with various members of our city government and service providers.  The only question is.....why?  If in fact the economy of scale arguments are true and we believe they are then this is a no brainer.  We all need trash pickup.  As a whole negotiating as an entire city would certainly be cost effective.  For those who are not interested in recycling, if it's truely cost effective this would be a minimal financial burden to get the city on a more sustainable path.  Speaking as a real estate person there is no doubt that it would add a positive layer to the brand of our community with people and companies who are considering moving here.  Literally dozens of times I've had people look at me quizzically when they discovered that neither waste collection or recycling were municipally driven.  In the end we don't care who or what is holding up adopting this community wide program.  We just want it done. In the end it will be a better path for the City of Carmel. 

East Carmel Housing Blog 5.31

Busy Week.  Considering we were in the lead up to Memorial Day weekend, it was great to see the housing market so active.  13 new homes on the market since 5.24 including this Pottery Barn special going up today 5.31 in The Trails Of Avian Glen at 5772 Killdeer.  We'll have the visual tour and complete information up on Wednesday here at EastOfKeystone.com.  Other homes new to the market and for sale this week include homes on Eastwick in Brighton Circle, Deer Ridge Drive in Valleybrook, Jeffries Place in Bayhill, Summerbrook in The Lakes at Hazel Dell, Settler's Ridge in Haverstick, Kiaway Drive in Plum Creek Farms, Summersweet Lane in Smokey Knoll, Double Eagle in Plum Creek RIdge, Cheval Court in Foster Grove, Wembly Circle in Brookshire, Lost Oaks in Haverstick and Queensbury in The Woodlands. 

Eleven homes SOLD this week and were located on Brooks Landing at Prairie View, Skipping Rock in Bayhill, Neva Lane in WIlliamson Run, Lakeshore Drive West in Woodland Springs, Minton Court in Mohawk Crossing, Harrison Drive in Brookshire Lakes, Lake Forest Parkway in Lake Forest, Sycamore Road in Cool Creek, Eden Way Circle in Eden Park, Charing Crossing in Brookshire Village and Creekside Land in Wood Creek. 


There are currently 273 homes for sale east of Keystone Parkway in Carmel.  191 homes have either pended or sold year to date.  The average sales price in east Carmel is $308,415, up over $7000 from the same time frame in 2010.  Units of homes sold continue to lag behind last year by approximately 12%.  You can get specific information on all of this week's properties by emailing us for the East Of Keystone Housing Hotsheet at eastofkeystone@gmail.com. 

Many Reasons To Remember & Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend.....

From the silent military grave behind Whitehall Church on 116th to the checkered flag lined streets of Cricket Knoll off of east Main Street, we have many reasons to remember and enjoy this Memorial Day Weekend in east Carmel.  Many of us tend to take it for granted we live in an area that captivates the world's attention every year at this time, not to mention the fact that for it's flaws, we still live in a pretty remarkable community.  Let's face it...we've got it pretty good.  There are plenty of places kids weren't sitting out in front all alone selling slushies or hanging at the local pool over the last couple of days.  Sound corny?  Perhaps...but that's why we pause to remember those who have sacrificed to give us those freedoms.
Greg Cooper, east Carmel Indiana 46033 homes for sale, real estate blog

A small sample of some of the vendors at the CFM from Saturday 5/21. For all of the great vendors who spoke with us and were not included in this video, we'll have another up this week!

Hanging out on the Center Green....

The debut of the Carmel Farmer's Market has been a big success this Saturday the 21st in it's new location between the Palladium and Studio Theater Building.  The setting is spectacular with great parking and easy walking and biking access on the Monon Trail.  Thanks to the volunteers and vendors who adapted quickly to the new digs.  For all of the vendors who were kind enough to talk with us about their wares, we'll have compilation videos up throughout the week! 

Just Add Water

In just a few short days Hoosier's bodies that haven't seen sunshine since September will descend on area pools and parks over Memorial Day Weekend.  It will indeed be a sun block application festival.  Many neighborhood pools like this one in Waterstone (Bayhill, Stonewick, Windpointe, Brookfield) are oh so close to being ready.  With a good weather next weekend most of us won't even mind the chilly water in our recently refilled pools.  At least the kids won't mind.  For those of us over 18 for some reason the cold water still seems to sting a bit.  Fortunately it's nothing a cold adult beverage can't cure. 

View From The Outside....(Opinion)

Friday's Indianapolis Star's piece on Carmel's roundabouts had me wincing a bit....similarly to what I felt after reading their piece several weeks ago on the Palladium architecture.  It wasn't that the piece was overtly negative...it just felt a bit snarky.  The photo on the Star's front page of visiting engineers wandering around the 126th street roundabout looked like a zombie scene from Star Trek or the Twilight Zone.  We all know the discussion of roundabouts is not exactly the Israeli - Palastinean conflict but it has become, in many places, the brand of Carmel.  It is true that they are liked and disliked by varioius residents but these facts are not in dispute.  They are safer. They save energy. They move traffic better in almost every location (save Springmill/Illinios & 116th Streets).  While we realize the Keystone Parkway project was expensive, the State of Indiana did pick up the first 90 million of the project....the same State of Indiana who previously wanted to make Keystone a six lane nightmare with stoplights.  The trip from 96th to Smokey Row on Keystone now takes about 4 minutes saving roughly 18 minutes during rush hour.   Saving thousands of citizens 10-30 minutes a day in their lives from this project is no small matter.  An hour plus a week more to spend with spouses, at our kids events....in general enhancing the quality of our lives.  Carmel's roundabouts have been written up worldwide from the Financial Times to Newsweek to name a few.  While I understand they do take some getting used to for the unaccustomed driver, they are ultimately good for our community.  Frankly the roundabout sniping from Hoosier neighbors outside of Hamilton County has become a bit tired....and just not all that accurate. 

Like Cats and Dogs.....

Rain. Drizzle. Precipiation. Shower. Deluge. Downpour. Cloudburst, Mizzle, Scotch Mist, Torrent.  It doesn't much matter how you say it, for 25 of the last 35 days in Carmel, we've had it according the National Weather Service.  Most of us including this Japanese Chin on Maplecrest Drive (East Main Street) have had enough.  Good thing we've got two weeks until most area pools open up.  Plenty of time to dry off and warm up before then and hopefully call off the Ark building.  (photo courtesy East Of Keystone home office)

East Of Keystone Housing Blog 5.17

SOLD! 
10 homes went under contract in the last week in east Carmel like this one we first talked about in our 5.10 update.  3647 East Carmel Drive is under contract in 31 days. The right older,
updated homes are hot hot hot right now!  Of the 10 properties that went under contract the average days on the market was 54, average sales price of those 10 was $342,000.  Properties that have pended in the past week were in Moffit Farm at Prairie View (2), Eden Estates, Brookshire, Plum Creek North, Briar Creek, Haverstick (2), Keystone Woods and Brookshire Pines.  276 homes are currently for sale east of Keystone Parkway in Carmel with 168 either pended or closed to date in 2011. 

19 homes went on the market since 5/10 including properties in Windpointe, Bayhill and Stonewick (2); Carrington Woods, Smokey Ridge, Ashton, Briar Cove, Kingswood, Delaware Commons, Brookshire North, Haverstick (2), Brookfield, Spring Creek, Brookshire, The Woodlands, Eden Village and The Maples of Carmel.

For the full information on any of these homes email us for the East Of Keystone Housing Hotsheet at EastOfKeystone@Gmail.com.  Questions? Comments?  Got a piece of information or a great picture to share about something in east Carmel?   Please drop us a line or call us anytime! 
Greg Cooper, east Carmel Indiana homes for sale, real estate blog

Everybody Loves A Deal!

CALLING EAST CARMEL!   We need your neighborhood garage sale information!  We've created a place for all upcoming neighborhood garage sales on the homepage of EastOfKeystone.com.  Please let us know when yours will occur and we'll give you all the free pub we can.  Bayhill - Waterstone had theirs this past weekend and the shoppers were plentiful.....except of course when we took this picture.

Greg Cooper, east Carmel homes for sale, real estate blog

One Mother Of A Sunday.....

Even though it was Mom's day, the games went on at both the East Main Street (Badger Field) and 126th and River Road Dad's club locations.  A Lacrosse or Soccer win surely was all Mom could have wanted. The ever elusive orange ball actually made several appearances in the southern sky capping a beautiful Mother's Day weekend in Carmel. 

Greg Cooper, east Carmel homes for sale, real estate blog

Two weeks and counting......

The Carmel Farmer's Market is nearly back!  On May 21 dozens of vendors will again begin lining up the early hours near the City Center. Several web sites indicate they'll be at their new location, the Center Green at the Palladium. Work still goes on prep that area....stay tuned!

Greg Cooper, east Carmel homes for sale, real estate blog

Photo courtesy IndianapolisAmy